Thursday, March 20, 2008

Acrylics

Unlike oils, acrylic paints dry really fast. There are advantages and disadvantages to this quality. Quick drying can obviously speed up the painting process. Yet, too quick drying might make it difficult to achieve some effects, such as blending of two colors on the painting itself.

Acrylics can be thinned with water and acrylic medium. Acrylic clean up is easier – no solvents needed. There is also less odor when painting with acrylics.

More on this topic next week.

Meanwhile here are some of our artists that work in acrylics: Ursula Brenner, Cathy Kline, Gloria Coker, Ashley Dietrich, Alexandra Kruglyak, R.F. Tapnio, Christina Cena, & Yvonne Mora.